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enHuong Dang '11: Postcolonial Migrants' Transnational Participationhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/11/16/huong-dang-11-postcolonial-migrants-transnational-participation
<p>Huong Dang '11 shares her International Relations thesis asking, "What accounts for variations across immigrant groups in their participation in the social, political, and economic spheres of their home countries?"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/11/16/huong-dang-11-postcolonial-migrants-transnational-participation" target="_blank">read more</a></p>AlgeriaFranceImmigrationTransnationalismVietnamEurope and Central AsiaMiddle East and North AfricaWed, 16 Nov 2011 20:55:08 +0000The Editors1768 at http://www.globalconversation.orgSophia Fuchs '11: Return to Pachamama?http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/11/14/sophia-fuchs-11-return-pachamama
<p>In the wake of the rising popularity of organic food and sustainable food production, Sophia Fuchs '11 presents her Development Studies thesis on the diffusion of organic agriculture, as "an innovation in the developing world." She focused her research on the situation in Ecuador, and conducted her fieldwork in the small community of Perucho.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/11/14/sophia-fuchs-11-return-pachamama" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Development StudiesEcuadorOrganic AgricultureSustainabilityLatin America and the CaribbeanMon, 14 Nov 2011 17:12:07 +0000The Editors1764 at http://www.globalconversation.orgElizabeth Adler '11: Human-Centering Health Services in Nepalhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/09/07/elizabeth-adler-11-human-centering-health-services-nepal
<p>Perhaps the first rule of overseas development assistance should be this: Ask. That's what Elizabeth Adler '11 took away from her research in Nepal, where she witnessed a classic healthcare delivery market failure in a nonprofit initiative for pregnant mothers. In this video, Elizabeth advocates a more inclusive process for designing healthcare services - one that gathers input from such stakeholders as the mothers themselves instead of concocting solutions in isolation at NGO headquarters in Washington.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/09/07/elizabeth-adler-11-human-centering-health-services-nepal" target="_blank">read more</a></p>maternal healthcareNepalEast Asia and the PacificWed, 07 Sep 2011 21:26:04 +0000The Editors1601 at http://www.globalconversation.orgRefugee Status in Law and in Practicehttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/05/26/refugee-status-law-and-practice
<p>In her senior honors thesis last May, international relations concentrator Victoria Haddad-Salah’10 addressed the disparity between international codes of refugee treatment and the actual treatment of refugees on the ground in host countries.</p>
<p>To understand this asymmetry she looked to the historical shift of refugee policy in Jordan since 1948. She cited the civil war of 1970-71 between Palestinian guerrilla forces and the Jordanian monarchy as a critical turning point for the future of Jordanian refugee policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/05/26/refugee-status-law-and-practice" target="_blank">read more</a></p>JordanRefugeesMiddle East and North AfricaThu, 26 May 2011 20:23:52 +0000The Editors1140 at http://www.globalconversation.orgPreaching Health in East Timorhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/05/26/preaching-health-east-timor
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<p>Last summer, development studies concentrator Jordan Worthington ’11 cast a practical gaze upon a program in East Timor that pairs church and state to deliver public health messages. Her findings, made possible by a Jack Ringer ’52 Summer Fellowship in Southeast Asia, range from doing a better job delivering the messages in churches to extending the message well beyond the pulpit.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/05/26/preaching-health-east-timor" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Catholic ChurchEast TimorPublic Health EducationEast Asia and the PacificThu, 26 May 2011 18:59:23 +0000The Editors1139 at http://www.globalconversation.orgWhen Heritage Goes Disneyhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/05/26/when-heritage-goes-disney
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<p>Promoting the Brazilian city of Bahia to tourists as the blackest city outside of Africa has produced upsides and downsides.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/05/26/when-heritage-goes-disney" target="_blank">read more</a></p>BrazilUNESCOLatin America and the CaribbeanThu, 26 May 2011 15:13:59 +0000The Editors1136 at http://www.globalconversation.orgThoughts That Can Change the Worldhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/03/21/thoughts-can-change-world
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<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/03/21/thoughts-can-change-world" target="_blank">read more</a></p>South AsiaMon, 21 Mar 2011 14:53:20 +0000The Editors1021 at http://www.globalconversation.orgRise of the BJPhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/03/16/rise-bjp
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<p class="MsoNormal">For her senior thesis presented in May 2010, Development Studies concentrator Yasmin Yu looked at the linkages between the state of Senegal and the Sufi brotherhoods that comprise approximately 94% of the country’s Muslim population. Her study looked at the largest and riches Brotherhoods in Senegal that contained 84% of the Muslims that belonged to a Sufi brotherhood.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/03/11/senegals-not-so-democratic-equality" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sub-Saharan AfricaFri, 11 Mar 2011 10:28:38 +0000The Editors1024 at http://www.globalconversation.orgPassing the Blame in Haitihttp://www.globalconversation.org/2011/03/07/passing-blame-haiti
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<p class="MsoNormal">In her senior honors thesis presented last May, Development Studies concentrator Kona Shen focused on how international aid as a response to natural disasters has negatively impacted the Hatian government.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2011/03/07/passing-blame-haiti" target="_blank">read more</a></p>AidGovernmentHaitiIMFUSAWBLatin America and the CaribbeanMon, 07 Mar 2011 20:54:50 +0000The Editors1022 at http://www.globalconversation.org